Posted on 01/15/2019 6:24:23 PM PST by EdnaMode
Do you believe in UFOs, astral projections, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, telekinetic movement, full-trance mediums, the Loch Ness Monster and the theory of Atlantis?
If so, good news — there’s a new Ghostbusters movie in the works.
Entertainment Weekly has learned exclusively that Jason Reitman will direct and co-write an upcoming film set in the world that was saved decades previously by the proton pack-wearing working stiffs in the original 1984 movie, which was directed by his father, Ivan Reitman.
“I’ve always thought of myself as the first Ghostbusters fan, when I was a 6-year-old visiting the set. I wanted to make a movie for all the other fans,” Reitman says. “This is the next chapter in the original franchise. It is not a reboot. What happened in the ‘80s happened in the ‘80s, and this is set in the present day.”
Sony Pictures has dated the film for Summer 2020, with plans to start shooting in a few months.
It’s still too soon to reveal the plot of the screenplay, who the new characters will be, or whether the original actors like Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, or Bill Murray will return. Harold Ramis died in 2014.
“This is very early, and I want the film to unwrap like a present. We have a lot of wonderful surprises and new characters for the audience to meet,” says Reitman, who co-wrote the screenplay with Monster House and Poltergeist remake filmmaker Gil Kenan.
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Do we really need this?
You can never top the original.
This will be the tranny version.
Too soon! Too soon!
Originality doesn’t exist in Hollyweird anymore. How many times do you have to do a remake?
The original will always be the best.
F-Troop plus gorilla.
Not the animated universe?
Didn’t original castmembers appear in the Bansheeebusters movie?
And what is wrong wit dat?
Bingo!
Don Rickles appeared in one of
The First episodes as an Indian,
Pretty Funny.
No “Hockey Puck” referances.
Absolutely nothing.
Here is something regarding the economics of Ghostbusters. I think it’s rather good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZeYaJ8xJLA&t=1s
The Real Ghostbusters cartoon was good too except for the slimer character.
Egon would die in spooktacular fashion.
The second scene would be Egons' funeral.
The rest of the story would revolve around revenge for Egon.
The original was rumored to have Eddie Murphy and John Belushi in it too. But Belushi died before pre-production and Murphy turned down the role.
Sorry but nothing can equal the fairy young Dan Ackroyd and Bill Murray - among others - and the original script. When will TPTB in Hollywood figure out that what audiences want, perhaps more than anything, is originality?
Especially since Harold Ramis, who was a brilliant comedic writer, is no longer with us.
As good as both of them were, I can’t see them in the movie.
I think the casting was right.
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